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Shobal
SHOBAL (shō'băl, Heb. shôvāl)
One of the sons of Seir the Horite, a very early inhabitant of what was later Edom (
SHOBAL shō’ bəl (שׁוֹבָ֖ל). 1. A “son” of Seir the Horite, and a clan chief of the native Horite inhabitants of Edom (
2. Ancestor of a Calebite family in the tribe of Judah, and the ancestor of the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim (
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
(shobhal, "overflowing"; Sobal, with variants):
(1) An Edomite name mentioned in connection with Lotan, Zibeon and Anah, as that of a "son" of Seir (
(2) A Calebite, the father (possibly of the inhabitants) of Kiriath-jearim (
(3) A Judahite, perhaps to be identified with (2) above (